How to opt out of Twitch AI training

A Twitch AI training opt-out is a privacy setting that allows content creators to prevent their live streams, clips, and recorded videos from being processed by Amazon’s generative artificial intelligence models. Because Amazon owns Twitch, your broadcasted content is considered data that the parent company may use to develop its machine learning systems unless you take specific steps to restrict that access.

Recent reports indicate that more than 16,000 creators have expressed opposition to the default inclusion of their content in these training datasets (Wired, 2024). This widespread concern highlights a significant shift in the digital creator economy, where the ownership and secondary use of user-generated content have become central points of contention between platforms and their users.

How to disable AI training for your Twitch channel

To stop Twitch from using your content to train its generative AI models, you must manually toggle the setting within your account dashboard. Follow these steps to secure your data: